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Josey Marron

  • position Pitcher
  • height 5-8
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Grimes, Iowa
  • High school Northwest
  • Previous School Mississippi State
  • B/T R/R
  • position Pitcher
  • height 5-8
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Grimes, Iowa
  • High school Northwest
  • Previous School Mississippi State
  • B/T R/R

Josey Marron Bio

Awards:

  • 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • 2024 SEC Honor Roll
  • 2024 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024)
  • 2023 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

Prior to SC:

2025 (Mississippi State, Junior)

Made 24 appearances with seven starts in the circle … tossed 50.2 innings … third on the team with 36 strikeouts … tossed 5.1 innings vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/8) without allowing an earned run and while striking out seven … came one out shy of a complete game against Bradley (2/14) while striking out five … also turned a double play to end the fifth against the Braves … threw 2.0 scoreless frames in relief against Samford (2/18) … threw 2.0 shutout innings in relief against Alabama State (2/28) … did not allow a hit in 2.0 innings against No. 18 Auburn (3/9) … pitched 2.2 innings in relief against No. 1 Texas (3/30), allowing one run … threw 2.0 innings of relief, allowing one run, against Missouri (4/12) with two strikeouts … threw 1.1 innings in relief at No. 10 Texas Tech (5/17) in the NCAA Tournament.

2024 (Mississippi State, Sophomore)

Made 27 appearances with 20 starts in the circle … second on the team with a 3.68 ERA and 88 strikeouts … walked just 5.4 percent of batters, which ranked second in the SEC, and averaged 1.66 walks per seven innings … tossed her first career no-hitter and the 24th in school history against IUPUI (2/9) … struck out nine of 16 batters faced in 5.0 innings … no-hitter was the first half of the first consecutive no-hitters in program history … threw her fifth career complete game against No. 23 Louisiana (2/13), holding the Ragin’ Cajuns to just one run … went 4.1 innings in the win vs. No. 13 Utah (2/17), allowing just one earned run … earned her second career save vs. UCF (2/22), retiring one batter … tossed the final 1.1 innings vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2/23) without allowing a hit or run … earned her fourth win of the year vs. Cal State Fullerton (2/24), tossing 5.0 innings while allowing just one earned run … picked up a complete-game shutout victory against Southern Miss (2/29) while striking out eight … threw 6.0 innings in the win against Troy (3/2) … did not allow an earned run in 4.0 innings against Samford (3/3) … threw her fourth complete game at Ole Miss (3/8), allowing just one run in the win … threw 2.0 hitless frames against ULM (3/13) … tossed her fifth complete game of the year against No. 13 Texas A&M (3/16) … threw her sixth complete game at No. 18 Arkansas (3/23) which is twice as many as she had her freshman year … earned her second save of the year in the win over No. 10 Florida (3/28) while striking out two of the four batters she faced … threw her fifth career complete-game shutout and third of the year at No. 22 South Carolina (4/5) while striking out seven … recorded six strikeouts in 6.0 innings against No. 4 Tennessee (4/13) … started against South Alabama (4/17), recording five strikeouts in 4.0 innings … threw 3.0 innings of relief in the SEC Tournament vs. South Carolina (5/8).

2023 (Mississippi State, Freshman)

Made 22 appearances with 13 starts in the circle … went 8-2, leading MSU in wins … led the team in ERA (2.38), strikeouts (95), innings (79.1) and opposing batting average (.217) … finished the regular season among top 45 nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.28; 26th), strikeout rate (28.3%; 39th), strikeouts per seven innings (8.38; 41st) and FIP (1.84; 24th) … all were top 10 in the SEC … strikeout total was the fifth-highest by an MSU freshmen in school history … threw three complete games and two shutouts, both of which led MSU … made her collegiate debut vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/10) and struck out nine in 5.0 innings while allowing just two hits … tossed her first career complete game vs. Indiana (2/17) while striking out four … threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout vs. South Florida (2/19) … struck out eight, which was one shy of her career high, and needed just 58 pitches against the Bulls … allowed two hits in the win vs. Tulsa (2/24) … picked up her first career save with 2.0 scoreless innings vs. Louisiana Tech (2/25) … tied the MSU freshman record with 13 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout vs. Furman (2/26) … went 5.2 innings before allowing a hit against Dartmouth (3/3) and finished with 6.0 shutout frames and nine strikeouts … struck out five in 4.0 innings against Abilene Christian (3/4) in a no decision … saw her scoreless innings streak end at a career-best 18.0 innings against the Wildcats … won in relief against Murray State (3/5) after throwing 4.0 innings … allowed three earned runs in 3.0 innings to No. 1 Oklahoma (3/10) … went 5.0 innings against Omaha (3/11), striking out six and allowing one earned run … threw 4.0 innings with six strikeouts in the SEC opener against South Carolina (3/17) … tossed 4.2 innings, allowing one run, in the series opener at No. 17 Georgia (3/24) … pitched one scoreless inning in relief against the Bulldogs (3/25) … left her start against No. 10 Arkansas (4/1) with an injury after just 0.1 inning … returned to game action with 2.0 scoreless innings against Memphis (4/19) … threw twice against No. 20 Kentucky (4/28-30), allowing two runs in five innings … tossed 7.0 innings at No. 17 Auburn (5/7) without allowing an earned run while striking out seven to earn the extra-innings victory … threw 2.0 innings in relief at the SEC Tournament with two strikeouts vs. Missouri (5/9).

HIGH SCHOOL:

Ranked No. 39 in the class by Extra Innings Softball and is considered the No. 17 pitcher nationally … attended Northwest High School but opted to play travel softball instead because of scheduling conflicts … played for Iowa Premier Fastpitch … team posted a top-10 finish at the 2021 Alliance Nationals and a top-five finish that year at the Colorado Sparkler … team finished in the top five at 2019 PGF Nationals and in the top three at the 2019 Colorado Sparkler … in three full seasons has never allowed an opponents’ average higher than .188 … posted a 1.77 ERA over 284.0 innings as a freshman with 354 strikeouts … added a 1.00 WHIP that season … struck out 399 batters in 242.0 innings with a 1.80 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP as a sophomore … improved to a 0.89 WHIP as a junior with a 1.70 ERA and 504 strikeouts across 350.0 innings … collected 101 strikeouts in her first 58.0 innings as a senior … selected to the 2022 Alliance Fastpitch All-Star Game and the Colorado Sparkler All-Star Game … Named an NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete … earned an academic letter in all four years of high school.

PERSONAL:

Born Josephyne Carol Marron on Dec. 10, 2003, in Des Moines, Iowa … daughter of Jeremy Marron and Lyndsay Mount … father played basketball at Buena Vista … has two sisters, Locken and Lyla … aunts, Megan Kearns and Kaytlyn Kerns, played soccer at Florida and hockey and softball at St. Kate’s, respectively.